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" North American odyssey : "
edited by Craig E. Colten and Geoffrey L. Buckley.
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BL
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843625
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| Title & Author
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North American odyssey : : historical geographies for the twenty-first century /\ edited by Craig E. Colten and Geoffrey L. Buckley.
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Md. :: Rowman & Littlefield,, 2014.
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1 online resource (1 volume)
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1306551560
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: 1442215860
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: 9781306551564
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: 9781442215863
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1442215844
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1442215852
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9781442215849
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9781442215856
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover -- frontmatter -- contents -- figures -- introduction -- part I -- chapter 1 -- chapter 2 -- chapter 3 -- part II -- chapter 4 -- chapter 5 -- chapter 6 -- part III -- chapter 7 -- chapter 8 -- chapter 9 -- chapter 10 -- chapter 11 -- part IV -- chapter 12 -- chapter 13 -- chapter 14 -- chapter 15 -- chapter 16 -- chapter 17 -- chapter 18 -- part V -- chapter 19 -- chapter 20 -- chapter 21 -- chapter 22 -- index -- contributors.
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| Abstract
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This groundbreaking volume offers a fresh approach to conceptualizing the historical geography of North America by taking a thematic rather than a traditional regional perspective. Leading geographers, building on current scholarship in the field, explore five central themes. The book includes sections that explore early settlement, nineteenth- and twentieth-century population movements, human transformations of the natural landscape, the inscription of human society on the landscape, and the urbanization of the continent. With its focus on human-environment interactions, the mobility of peopl.
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Historical geography.
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HISTORY-- Historical Geography.
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North America, Historical geography.
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North America.
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911/.73
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E40.5.N726 2014eb
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Buckley, Geoffrey L.,1965-
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Colten, Craig E.
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